M'amour, m'amour
what do I love and
where are you?
That I lost my center
fighting the world
The Dreams clash
and are shattered-
and that I tried to make a paradiso
terrestre.

I have tried to write Paradise
Do not move
Let the wind speak
that is paradise
Let the Gods forgive what I
have made
Let those I love try to forgive
what I have made.

Ezra Pound

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When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs
I am compelled to conclude
That man is the superior animal.

When I consider the curious habits of man
I confess, my friend, I am puzzled

Ezra Pound

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What thou lovest well remains. The rest is dross.

Ezra Pound

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Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work. --Ezra Pound

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If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good

Ezra Pound

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What thou lovest well remains.

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Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Ezra Pound

Tag: value audience generalizations

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If anybody ever shuts you in Indiana...and you don't at least write some unconstrained something or other, I give up hope for your salvation.

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دختر

درختي به دستانم سبز شده،
شيره بر بازوانم جوشيده،
درخت در سينه‏ام شكفته --
سر به زير،
شاخه‏ها ،چون بازوان، از درونم مي‏بالند.

درخت هستي تو ،
خزه‌اي تو ،
بنفشه‏هايي كه باد در او مي‌پيچد،
كودكي هستي بلند بالا ،
و جهان اين همه را حماقت مي‌داند
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A Girl

The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast--
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child -- so high -- you are,
And all this is folly to the world

Ezra Pound

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I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" She was using the age-old language of exploration, the language of art. It was a sort of metaphor, but she was not using it as ornamentation.

Ezra Pound

Tag: poetry language creativity

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